1963 Diary

1963 Diary P02 13

“The Golden Spur” is nominated for a National Book Award, but is not selected. Powell publishes “The Elopers,” one of her finest short stories, in the Saturday Evening Post. She also works on her last, unfinished novel, “Summer Rose.”

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One of many unpublished entries in Powell’s diaries. Roughly three quarters of her diaries exist only in manuscript form and have never been available to the public.